The money's great, babe, and they'll never see it back home. Yeah, but then came the internet, and now those agents' promises to their clients have turned out to be lies.

We've posted a few Japanese-market ads showing American or European stars shilling cars in the past, which seems to have inspired Maxichamp and Franzouse to hip us to a whole bunch more, in much the same way that Rob Lowe became "hip conscious" in the '88 Suzuki Cultus. Check out Maxichamp's blog for his commentary on many of these ads when you're done here.